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Thursday, April 21, 2022

The second (Stanley) instalment of my exchange of Falklands War/1982 letters with Dominic Hilton in Argentina. — For The Critic

Filed in correspondence, Journalism | Also tagged .1982, ABBA, Adam Godley, America, Argentina, Armed Forces' Day, Battle Day, BBC World Service, Ben Fogle, BFBS, birthdays, Bob Peck, coincidences, complaints, condoms, Dire Straits, Dominic Hilton, Don Williams, Falkland Islands, Falkland Islands Defence Force, Falkland Islands Radio Service, fishing, fruit, Government House, Graham Bound, horse-racing, Ian Richardson, John Simpson, letters, Major Mike Norman, Mantovani, Marc Warren, Mike Grady, MLA Gavin Short, music, Patrick Watts MBE, PTSD, Richard Brautigan, Royal Marines, senior citizens, sheep, Sir Rex Hunt, South Georgia, Stanley, submarines, The Critic, The Falklands War, The Penguin News, the West Store, The West Wing, tourism | Comments (0)

No April fools

Thursday, April 7, 2022

The opening salvo in a projected 10-week exchange of letters on/around the Falklands War, with Dominic Hilton in the Argentina capital. — For The Critic

Filed in correspondence, Journalism | Also tagged .1982, Andrew Brownlee, Argentina, Brian Summers, communications, Dominic Hilton, Falkland Islands Defence Force, Falkland Islands Government, Falkland Islands Radio Service, General Sir Mike Rose, Government House, His Excellency Nigel Phillips CBE, letters, Major General Julian Thompson, Major Justin McPhee, Mount Pleasant Complex, penguins, PTSD, Royal Marines, SAS, Sir Rex Hunt, Stanley, The Critic, the Falklands, The Falklands War, the Malvina House Hotel, The Penguin News, whisky, Whitehall | Comments (0)

Turned out nice again

Friday, January 28, 2022

With the 40th anniversary of the Falklands conflict imminent, two Brits – one Stanley-based and one in Buenos Aires – discuss that ‘hottest’ of all conversational potatoes… the weather. — For The Emigre

Filed in Journalism, podcast | Also tagged Argentina, bars, children, Covid-19, Dominic Hilton, Falkland Islands Radio Service, farming, free speech, hair, holidays, landmines, maps, marriage, quarantine, sheep, shipping, Stanley, The Emigre, the Falklands, trees, vaccination, Virginia, walking, war, weather | Comments (0)